Every win is special, but for many reasons this one at the Powercor Melbourne to Warrnambool loomed large. Blake Agnoletto was a rider who had put so much into chasing a result at the gruelling event and Team Brennan p/b TP32 may have been a new squad but its members had so much history in the race – they had a former winner on the road in Tristan Saunders and another, Tim Decker, in the car fully backing Agnoletto as he headed down that final straight on Raglan Parade toward victory.
“I knew Tristan would do anything he could physically to help set it up, which he did,” Agnoletto told Cyclingnews after his teammate had jumped on the front of the leading group of five and drove the pace in the last two kilometres to set up the sprint for his teammate. ”But honestly, I was probably the most nervous coming into a sprint finish that I’ve ever been in my life.
“We were in a good situation, having two in the last five, and having ridden up this straight a few times myself it was a little bit emotional,” said Decker – who has had more than his fair share of heartwarming victories in recent months after having coached last years Australian team pursuit squad on the track to Olympic gold. “But I had to push that aside and make sure that we focused on making sure that Blake knew how to sprint well up this finish.
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